KILL BILL VOLUME 3
Note: these characters are owned by Quentin Tarantino and his production company, A Band Apart.
PROLOGUE
October 2003
Orange County California
Late afternoon
I will never forget it as long as I live. I'd just started school, kindergarten, a month before. I remember I really loved school, I just thought it was a cool place (how little I knew). I was such a loving person back then...
I got off the schoolbus a bit earlier than usual, maybe by 15 minutes. Much as I loved kindergarten, I liked coming home, Mom always had a nice bowl full of my favorite cereal, Kaboom, waiting for me. Dad was always a little puzzled that I liked eating cereal after school, but Mom said she'd done that herself when she was a girl, so Dad, being Dad, just kind of shrugged it off.
I remember seeing the dog sleeping in the yard, I was about to go over and pet him when I saw it - a funny yellow car. I couldn't quite read what was on the rear bumper, but I found out later: "Pussy Wagon". Now, I didn't know that was a -er, I guess naughty word back then. I wondered why anyone would have a wagon for cats....but of course I didn't know anything back then. I went straight inside. After all, Mom watched America's Most Wanted a lot, and was always telling me, "watch out for strange cars". That car was as strange as it got.
When I got in, I saw Mom and a blonde white woman, about her age. The living room was a mess. Mom made some remark about the dog being messy. She introduced me to the white woman, whose name was Beatrix. Mom told me to go to my room. Being a good girl, I did. But I could still hear them talking. And besides I knew my cereal was coming soon. And I wanted to tell Mom about the funny yellow car out there.
I heard Mom shouting something about the softball field, then said she had to make me some cereal. Oh boy! Kaboom! I thought. I ran to the kitchen doorway...just in time to see Mom firing a pistol through the cereal box, then Beatrix throwing a knife at Mom, killing her.
Beatrix looked kind of please with herself, took out a hankie and put some of Mom's blood on it....and then she saw me. I swear to God, I thought she was going to start crying. I will never forget what she said then....
"It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it; your mother had it coming. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it...I'll be waiting."
Then she left.
And on that day, I changed forever.
Note: these characters are owned by Quentin Tarantino and his production company, A Band Apart.
PROLOGUE
October 2003
Orange County California
Late afternoon
I will never forget it as long as I live. I'd just started school, kindergarten, a month before. I remember I really loved school, I just thought it was a cool place (how little I knew). I was such a loving person back then...
I got off the schoolbus a bit earlier than usual, maybe by 15 minutes. Much as I loved kindergarten, I liked coming home, Mom always had a nice bowl full of my favorite cereal, Kaboom, waiting for me. Dad was always a little puzzled that I liked eating cereal after school, but Mom said she'd done that herself when she was a girl, so Dad, being Dad, just kind of shrugged it off.
I remember seeing the dog sleeping in the yard, I was about to go over and pet him when I saw it - a funny yellow car. I couldn't quite read what was on the rear bumper, but I found out later: "Pussy Wagon". Now, I didn't know that was a -er, I guess naughty word back then. I wondered why anyone would have a wagon for cats....but of course I didn't know anything back then. I went straight inside. After all, Mom watched America's Most Wanted a lot, and was always telling me, "watch out for strange cars". That car was as strange as it got.
When I got in, I saw Mom and a blonde white woman, about her age. The living room was a mess. Mom made some remark about the dog being messy. She introduced me to the white woman, whose name was Beatrix. Mom told me to go to my room. Being a good girl, I did. But I could still hear them talking. And besides I knew my cereal was coming soon. And I wanted to tell Mom about the funny yellow car out there.
I heard Mom shouting something about the softball field, then said she had to make me some cereal. Oh boy! Kaboom! I thought. I ran to the kitchen doorway...just in time to see Mom firing a pistol through the cereal box, then Beatrix throwing a knife at Mom, killing her.
Beatrix looked kind of please with herself, took out a hankie and put some of Mom's blood on it....and then she saw me. I swear to God, I thought she was going to start crying. I will never forget what she said then....
"It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it; your mother had it coming. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it...I'll be waiting."
Then she left.
And on that day, I changed forever.